The use of aquatic vegetation in lake assessment: Testing the sensitivity of macrophyte metrics to anthropogenic pressures and water quality

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 656, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-147

  Kolada, Agnieszka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pressures; Aquatic vegetation; Colonisation depth; Lake types; Macrophyte metrics; Macrophytes; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; AQUATIC VEGETATION; COLONISATION; LAKE TYPES; MACROPHYTES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOINDICATOR; COLONIZATION; LAKE POLLUTION; MACROPHYTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

POLAND;

CHARA;

EID: 77957234525     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0428-z     Document Type: Article

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